Robert Delaunay

French painter (1885-1941) · France · Artists · Died at 56

Robert Delaunay is read about 279 times a day, in 52 languages.

Counted to 16 September 2026, not since.

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?

Compare

He split light into motion. Delaunay turned the Eiffel Tower into rhythmic colour and made the canvas pulse like a prism - Orphism, they called it, a geometry that sang.

Artists Artist Painting Art France Europe 20th Century

A life in dates

1941Died25 October 19411913“Simultaneousness' is a technique. Simultaneous contrast is the most up-to-date honey of this technique in this field.”In their wordsOctober 1913Simultanism, October 1913; as cited in Futurism, ed. by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 57Read the whole statement

1912“What they are saying is okay [the Futurist artists like Severini, Carra and Russolo, who debated in Paris intensively with the Cubist artists].”In their wordsFebruary 1912letter, February 1912; as cited in Futurism, ed. by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 184Read the whole statement

“This happened in 1912. Cubism was in full force. I made paintings that seemed like prisms compared to the Cubism my fellow artists were producing. I was the heretic of Cubism.”In their wordsFirst Notebook, 1939, as cited in The New Art of Color: The Writings of Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Viking Press, 1978; as quoted onRead the whole statement

1910“The woman of City of Paris' [Delaunay painted in 1910 - 1912] sums up the [his] Cubist period..”In their wordsDu cubisme a l'art abstrait; published by Francastel in 1924; Quoted in Futurism, ed. By Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 ContinentsRead the whole statement

1885Born12 April 1885

Also in Deutsch

Photos 8

Robert Delaunay portrait photograph

Cléopâtre - maquette de décor - colonnes et architraves d'un temple - Robert Delaunay - btv1b53244019t (1 of 2)

Dadaismo retrato

Fenêtre sur la ville - estampe - Robert Delaunay - btv1b525020092

Histoire des Arts à travers les Âges. (Partie de droite - repères 48 à 61 - France, XIXe siècle) - dessin - dessin sur papier - Joseph Blanc - btv1b53095048z

La Tour - estampe - Robert Delaunay - btv1b52502008m (1 of 2)

La Tour - estampe - Robert Delaunay - btv1b52502008m (2 of 2)

Plaque Sonia et Robert Delaunay, 16 rue de Saint-Simon, Paris 7

In their own words 7

Robert Delaunay

7 statements, newest first

Simultaneousness' is a technique. Simultaneous contrast is the most up-to-date honey of this technique in this field.
Oct 1913, Simultanism, October 1913; as cited in Futurism, ed. by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 57, Own words
What they are saying is okay [the Futurist artists like Severini, Carra and Russolo, who debated in Paris intensively with the Cubist artists].
Feb 1912, letter, February 1912; as cited in Futurism, ed. by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 184, Own words
This happened in 1912. Cubism was in full force. I made paintings that seemed like prisms compared to the Cubism my fellow artists were producing. I was the heretic of Cubism.
1912, First Notebook, 1939, as cited in The New Art of Color: The Writings of Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Viking Press, 1978; as quoted on, Own words

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Family

Robert Delaunay

Partners

Spouse Sonia Delaunay

Child Charles Delaunay

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

About this person

Robert Delaunay was born 12 April 1885 in France and found his place in the School of Paris. With his wife Sonia and a handful of others, he co-founded Orphism around 1912, an art movement built on strong colour and geometric shapes that broke from the monochrome severity of early Cubism. His approach wasn't about fracturing form alone - it was about making colour structural, pushing depth and tone until they vibrated. As the years passed his work grew more abstract, the experiments bolder, the hues unrepentant. He died 25 October 1941, leaving behind canvases that still hum.

Country

France

Artists from France 6

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard55.9 Dora Maar56.1

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.